Re: NANFA-- A word on algae

Bob Bock (bockhouse_at_earthlink.net)
Sun, 4 Mar 2001 09:25:32 -0500

Speaking of unwanted algae: Just beefed up the lighting on my 65 gallon,
and introduced some new plants. Now it's being colonized by some weird form
wispy, thin algae that forms strings more than two feet long. ARGH!
----- Original Message -----
From: <archimed_at_netdoor.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 1:47 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- A word on algae

> On 4 Mar 2001, at 0:13, NATURNUT_at_aol.com wrote:
>
> > As I understand it, algae outbreaks occur when imbalances in the
aquarium
> > happen, and potasium and nitrogen is used by the algae. The algae use
the
> > nutrients before the plants can, and outcompete them. So to succesfully
get
> > algae down to a reasonable level, the plants need to be outcompeting the
> > algae. They need to be higher level consumers. I may be wrong on this,
please
> > correct me if I'm wrong. Algae are really plants, and so they need the
same
> > nutrients to live and grow. So do I need to make the nutrients more
available
> > to the desireable plants than to the algae, or do I need to remove/add
trace
> > elements that disencourage alage growth, but are useful to plants? I am
> > confused on the whole idea, can anyone please clarify my ideas? Thank
you!
>
> The idea is to make the environment favorable for the vascular
> plants, which will then outcompete the algae. In general, this
> means _elevating_ light levels, providing some type of broad
> spectrum fertilization, and maintaining enough vascular plant
> biomass to outcompete the algae.
>
>
>
> Prost,
>
> Martin
> Jackson, MS
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> quite so funny.
>
>
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